Do you find things like this offensive?

[npmommie]

I don't know if anyone watched Conan O'Brian last night?
i turned it on during a segment where conan and one of the musicians from the band were getting pedicures.........and they kept saying "Is it gay enough?"
at one point they plastered it in red bold letters across the screen , something like "totally Gay" i don't recall exactly the exact words.
but do you find that offensive, or do you just laugh it off? Being a straight person, I still was slightly feeling like this is a bit offensive or at the least poor taste. ( the bit was kind of funny except for the gay references)......... any thoughts?

 

[smartestnumber5]

For me it really depends on the context and I didn't see it so I can't say for sure. Your description made me think of the scene in The 40 Year Old Virgin where the Seth Rogan character and Paul Rudd character are playing video games and are ripping on each other "you know how I know your gay..." . I think that scene is totally hilarious. I think in that context (the movie, the writer, the actors, the plot and characters), the joke isn't about disparaging gay people but about playing with these stereotypes in a funny way. Here's another great scene with gay-related humor from the same director; it was actually deleted from the movie Knocked Up--WARNING: Lots of language and innuendo in the clip. I love it! )

Anyway, I don't know anything about Conan O'Brian so I have little context to go on. I guess my question would be--are they more so making fun of the stereotypes or are they just perpetuating them. In other words, who is the butt of the joke supposed to be?

That's my two cents at least.

 

[ConcKahuna]

I agree on context. It's like the South Park episode with the crab people turning everyone "Metrosexual."

 

[npmommie]

yeah context, that makes sense. It could be because I happened to turn it on after the skit was in progress. So I did miss the beginning. sometimes you miss something that makes the whole thing make more sense.
but conan does seem to do a lot of stuff using gay...........remember the gay Jesus voyeur?
honestly I think he does go overboard in the gay references. I watch him a lot and find him goofy. and most of the time funny. but sometimes i am scratching my head.